Nigeria Leaders

Program Manager, Centre for Women Youth and Community Action (NACWYCA) | Nigeria Ozioma Ihuoma is the program manager at Centre for Women Youth and Community Action (NACWYCA), a nongovernmental organization, focused on the mobilization and empowerment of women. She leads a program called DREAMS-Likes for adolescent girls. Ozioma has a master’s degree in development studies and is a certified project … Read More

Executive Director, Teenage Network | Nigeria Olanike Timipa-Uge is an adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocate with nine years of experience in improving access to quality education and health for adolescent girls in Nigeria. In her current role as the Executive Director of Teenage Network, she balances classroom lessons with life-skills and comprehensive sexuality education for adolescent girls in school, … Read More

Founder/CEO, YandyTech Community | Nigeria Mohammed Bayero Yayandi is the founder and CEO of YandyTech Community. He is a social entrepreneur, community development practitioner, content writer, documentarian, and photographer with interest in blockchain and data for sustainable development. He was featured on British Council Nigeria’s blog as a changemaker. Rise Up Cohort: Nigeria 2022

Executive Director, Stand With A Girl (SWAG) Initiative | Nigeria Margaret Bolaji-Adegbola is an international development professional and an articulate voice on adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health in Nigeria. Margaret is the founder and executive director of Stand With A Girl (SWAG) Initiative, a registered youth-led organization dedicated to ensuring that every girl in Nigeria, no matter where … Read More

Executive Director, International Center for Accelerated Development (ICAD) | Nigeria Kevin Anthony Nnadi is the executive director of the International Center for Accelerated Development (ICAD), which is a nongovernmental organization. He is an economist and project management expert offering 10 years of experience in the third sector and works with rural communities in Nigeria supporting them to find their voice. … Read More

Program Officer, Gender and Social Justice, Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) | Nigeria Joy Gadani is a trained journalist, entrepreneur, and development worker. As the program officer of gender and social justice for the Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF), she is currently working with the team on a project to prevent gender-based violence in Kaduna State Northwest Nigeria. She serves … Read More

Secretary, YMCA Kaduna | Nigeria Jeremiah Elisha is an active community mobilizer, developer, and facilitator in his current role where he administers the programs of YMCA Kaduna. He is passionate about youth empowerment, women’s rights, and gender equity, and has significant experience around management, leadership, program initiation and development, and creative monitoring and reporting. Jeremiah is the Secretary of the … Read More

Founder and Executive Director, The Basileia Vulnerable Persons Rights Initiative | Nigeria Jennifer Agbaji is a lawyer and humanitarian actor from Kaduna State, Nigeria. She is the founder and executive director of the Basileia Vulnerable Persons Rights Initiative, which engages and empowers vulnerable persons, especially women and girls, to live socially, economically fulfilled lives. Through the initiative’s GirLead Innovation Fellowship, … Read More

Executive Director, Agama Centre for Peace and Development | Nigeria Ibrahim is a social development worker with over 12 years of experience advocating for the cause of women and girls on issues of equity and equality in education, social inclusion, and economic empowerment. He studied peace and conflict resolution at the National Open University of Nigeria and is a certified … Read More

Program Officer, Family Health Advocates In Nigeria Initiative (FHANI) | Nigeria Grace is the program officer at Family Health Advocates in Nigeria Initiative (FHANI). She has over eight years of experience in advocacy, administration, and logistics management, and more recently has become a tenacious advocate who strongly believes that every girl child has the right to school and to pursue … Read More